Wolf's Den

Remember these scarves?





Well, if you really like them, now is your chance to buy tickets for the raffle in which they will be given away.

Akita Rescue of Western New York is holding it's Annual Akita Picnic/Fun Day on Sept 13, 2008. At this picnic, raffle drawings will be held for a wide variety of Akita related and non Akita related items.

My 2 scarves will be raffled off as a set. You can own these 2, OOAK , 100% Silk scarves, for mere dollars in the grand scheme of things.

So buy your raffle tickets now. Buy LOTS. all proceeds benefit Akita Rescue.}:)

We're buying a good amount and putting them towards the dog bed/toy basket.}:) Our next Akita won't want for toys if we win. Heh.


And remember, these scarves won't be offered up anywhere else. If you want a silk scarf, and want to help a good cause at the same time, there are still Dante-Inu Memorial Scarves available. 2 Silver and 11 Copper. 50% of each sale goes to Akita Rescue.

I have 2 new scarves that I just dyed. This is basically a sneak peek at them. There will only be one of each. That means, OOA

Why?

Because there's a catch. They aren't going up for sale at the Shop. These particular scarves for specially dyed for the ARWNY auction this Sept.

So if, you want one, you'll have to go bid on them.

( Peektures... )

"I am just putting an SOS out this afternoon as today alone we have heard of 8 EIGHT Akitas in need and the possibility of euthanising due to lack of room. Akita rescue is in crisis mode right now so please, network all possible sources that you have for foster homes, funds for kenneling costs, good Akita savvy permanent homes as more than ever, it is now needed. We have heard of puppies, adults, and seniors and the shelters are getting hit the same way. Pass the word as each and every Akita rescue is in need.


Deanna O'Brien
MARS "


Yes, it's THAT serious, folks.

There's a person on an email list I'm on that wants a puppy.

Yet.. doesn't feel they need to have to pay what they term 'exorbinant amounts' for it. Feels that Rescues try to dictate exactly how you raise your dog. That Rescues ask huge fees for dogs they get from Shelters for 35.00.

I try to explain that Rescues have their adoption fees to cover boarding costs, vet fees, spay/neuter, etc. That it's by no means cheap to run a rescue successfully. That most dogs in Rescue are from puppy mills, abuse situations, dumped by owners who didn't realise how much work they'd be, dumped because the puppy mill didn't do genetic testing and the dog needs major vet care... etc, etc..

Goes right over their head.

*headesk*

Burlington VT area.

Contact The Brown Animal Hospital at 802-862-6471 if you know of an akita in that area that can give blood to another akita. I don't know details.

Akita in need is "Sunka" Girard. Owners can be reached at 802-878-3002. ( Carol, Donna, or Larry) It is 4:35pm EST and I just got the call for help. Passing this on to all the dog lists I am currently on. Sorry if OT.

Please pass this on!!!! Trying to get word out FAST!!

The second ACA Rescue Committe auction for the Palmdale Akitas started yesterday, Sunday August 5th at 10 am eastern-time. Please visit the auction website, http://www.akitaclub.org/auction/, look at all the of the wonderful items that were donated for the auction.

Tha auction officially ends 8 pm eastern time on Sunday, August 12th. Item winners pay shipping costs. Preferred method of payment is Paypal, but personal checks are accepted.

Many items are not Akita related, so invite your frients and family to take a look at the lovely gift baskets, designer collar, and other items. Please pass on the word to other Akita and canine lists that you belong to.

Thanks for your continued support of the Palmdale Akitas.

Sincerely,

Lisa Gray
ACA Rescue Coordinator
http://www.akitaclub.org/auction/

This transport is for Tuesday July 31^st & Wednesday Aug. 1st 2007

Please Cross-post/Forward to those that might help.THANKS!! 

Please help Boots from kill pound to rescue!  The shelter is having to put down due to space – so it is imperative we move Boots right away.
 
CONTACT:Toni Kennett,Transport Coordinator
toni2468 @ cc.rescueusa.net [remove spaces]

513-751-4879  Please leave a message

 

Sending Shelter:

Humane Society of the Ohio Valley

Marietta, OH

hsov@suddenlink.net 

Receiving Rescue

Jo-ann Dimon

jojo222@comcast.net

AKITA RESCUE OF W.NEW YORK 
www.akitarescuewny.com

Passenger:  Boots, Akita mix

Male, large

UTD, treated for HW

To be neutered by rescue due to recovering from HW treatment

Nice boy – a beagle got in his kennel by accident and is just fine J

If you can help, please supply (Info to be shared only with other transporters) : 
Full Name:
Home Town/Zip Code:
Leg # & Location:
Phone :
Cell :
Vehicle make and model/color/tags for ID purposes:
e-mail:
Reference:
Preferred meeting places:

Ten minutes is added to each leg for transfers.

Leg 1 – Tuesday, 7/31:  Marietta OH to Cambridge OH

Arriving Cambridge 4:30 pm

Filled by Shelter Volunteer

Leg 2 - Tuesday:  Cambridge OH to Canton OH

4:30 pm to 5:30 pm

Pending

Leg 3 - Wednesday:  Canton OH to Austintown OH

1:00 pm – 2:05 pm

NEED

Leg 4 - Wedneday:  Austintown, OH to Erie PA

2:15 pm to 4:00 pm  81 miles

Filled

 

Leg 5 Wednesday:  Erie PA to Buffalo NY

4:10 pm to 5:55 pm  94 miles

NEED – could split this leg in Fredonia if needed

  

CONTACT:Toni Kennett,Transport Coordinator
toni2468 @ cc.rescueusa.net [remove spaces]

513-751-4879  Please leave a message

A huge “Thanks” to everyone for helping Boots! 

Well, there will be a second auction held in August. I've been aslked if I would be willing to donate a few items. That is cool.}:P

I'll post links to the actualy auction site when it's up. I plan to send them a couple silk scarves, so if you wanted one but were waiting, this would be an AWESOME time to get them, maybe even at a lower cost.

They're also looking for more donated items, not neccessarily Akita or dog related. So if you're interested, let me know and I'll get you the contact info.

Dog Fancy Magazine is preparing to do a feature where the Breed of Akita will be highlighted along with the Maltese. Although we will be featured as the second breed highlighted in their magazine, they have interviewed two very well respected members of our community for their input and postive media attention for our breed is needed especially now with all the breed specific legislation occurring.

Rescue Groups nationwide are getting together to place an Ad for rescue and although we are getting reduced rates for the ad, we ask for your help in donations for the cost of the ad.
We have been quoted $1423.75 for a full page color ad or 888.25 for one-half page full color ad. We need to commit to this ad with the next couple of weeks so time is of the essence.

We feel that placing this advertisement showing the Akita rescue groups Nationwide and their contacts will help promote the orphans in need and also give the interested readers a place to hopefully get information and education on the breed of Akita.

MARS has offered our Pay Pal account to collect these donations and if you feel you would like to help, go to www.Akitas.org and any of the "donation" or "Sponsor an Orphan" buttons will take you to Pay Pal. Just please indicate that you are donating for the Rescue Ad and list your mailing address so that your donation can be properly acknowledged.

Rescue thanks you and the orphans will benefit.

Deanna O'Brien
MARS


Open Your Heart and your Home to an Orphan Akita
www.Akitas.org

If anyone can offer transport help to get a 5 year old HW+, blind Akita to a special needs rescue in Clewiston, FL (1 hour west of Orlando) please contact Brenda at brendabratton@yahoo.com . All legs are filled except from Jacksonville, FL to Clewiston

Lisa Gray
ARMAC

When police arrived at 1543 Third St. in Madison, they found four Akita-type dogs, all with their ribs showing through the skin. The officers -- a deputy from the Madison County Sheriff's Department and an officer from Madison -- broke into the locked house on Oct. 23 to issue foreclosure papers to 48-year-old Karen Rush Watt and to evict her from the house.

They were met by the stench of dried feces and week-old dog urine.

Madison County Sheriff's Lt. Brad Wells said Monday that the dogs had been left inside the house with no food or water for about a week.

A representative from a mortgage company told police that he had come to the house a week earlier but had been unable to get inside, Wells said.

One of the dogs was suffering so badly it had to be euthanized by a Madison officer, Wells said.

The three others were so weak they had to be carried to the Madison County Animal Control truck, according to a news release. They were later euthanized, Wells said.

On Monday, Madison County State's Attorney Bill Mudge charged Watt with four counts of aggravated animal cruelty. Associate Judge James Hackett set her bail at $30,000. Police have been unable to find Watt, Wells said.

Court records show that Watt was awarded the house in a 2004 divorce settlement.

In December of 2003, Watt was fined $25 and given 30 days court supervision for allowing a dog to run free in the neighborhood. In 1998, the city of Madison cited her for an ordinance violation for permitting a dog to run free.

http://www.goedwardsville.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17407463&BRD=2291&PAG=461&dept_id=473648&rfi=6

HARRISONBURG, VA to WINCHESTER, VA and BALTIMORE, MD to CARNEY'S POINT, NJ.

http://community.livejournal.com/driveforlife/913166.html

Transport has been cancelled.  Bane died overnight/early this morning.

I'm going to go hug my Dante now.

Edit, 1214pm, Sept 13, 2006 -  I talked to the foster. Bain went to sleep and did not wake up this morning. She only had him for 3 weeks but he made a huge impression on her. She is a wreck about this. He was a rescue from his former owners who were going to have him put down after his lifelong companion, another male Akita, died and he was mourning him. Rather than deal with the mourning and loneliness, they opted to kill him, hence the reason he was rescued.

For 3 weeks, he was loved and safe. He had a forever home waiting for him this weekend. Now he is with his friend and in a forever home permenantly. 

Semper Fi, Bain.

In the early morning hours of July 21, 2006, a 4 year old Akita named Rocky lay dying as the result of being shot in the face with both barrels of a shotgun during a domestic violence altercation.

In the rural area of East Bend, NC, on the night of July 20,Martin Spivey, 47, who was estranged from his family, became intoxicated, borrowed a double-barrel shotgun from a friend and drove to the family home where he quarreled with his wife. Their two young children were present during the altercation. Spivey threatened his wife, then turned, took aim, and shot Rocky in the face with both barrels of the shotgun.

With a police escort, a kind-heart veterinarian went to the home to assess the dog, which was still in his pen but had crawled under part of the house. With the assistance of a local police officer, the veterinarian pulled Rocky, unconscious, from under the house. At approximately 2:00 a.m. on July 21, Rocky was humanely euthanized due to his devastating injuries, and was released from the suffering and torture Mr. Spivey had caused. Rocky was a longcoated Akita that had been rescued from a shelter in Winston-Salem early in 2006 and was available for adoption.

Spivey was arrested and charged with communicating threats and Class I felony animal cruelty, and remains in custody at the Yadkin County Detention Center. He now has been assigned a court-appointed attorney and has a trial date set for mid-August in Yadkinville, NC.

reference: Yadkin County Clerk of Court
Yadkinville, NC
336-679-8838 
Docket #06-CR-51123 Communicating Threats
Docket #06-CR-51124 Class 1 Felony Animal

More information at akita_rescue.

The latest on the Palmdale , Ca Akitas rescued from Akita Buddies is up and available here.

"Of the 56 Akitas taken on May 20^th, two dogs were reclaimed (directly from the shelter) by their original owners.  One dog is being held (by the shelter) for reclaim by the original owner--if he is not claimed we will move him to a private kennel and find him a foster or adoptive home. "

Re this post.

(I guess the Male escaped and whoever stole them tried to shoot him, Update #2 is MIA) REMEMBER,THESE ARE NOT MY DOGS.

"I was gone all day yesterday painting a condo, and all of my dogs were stuck inside, so today when I had to leave 3 would not come in, did not want to come in, and despite my best judgement left with them out in the 6 foot fenced yard with locked gates.  I came home from my dentist appointment to find a portion of my fence messed with, and TWO of those three dogs GONE.  Animal Control was closed already, Cheatham County Sherriff's department did take a report. (Ashland City, TN).  They tore the fencing apart where it met up with my house to get them out, and then TRIED to put it back together??? They attached it all messed up, and they LEFT the third dog there.
 
The two are pure bred Akita's, one male and one female.
 
Rhuorc Asha'man is a male brindle who has had eye surgery for entropia, has no really special features BUT is MICRO Chipped. His last weigh in (less than a month ago) was 94 lbs.  He is on eye ointment for his eyes, they drain a bit here and there. He is very SCARED of strangers and WILL run away from people.  If anyone sees someone with him or sees him if he got away YOU MUST squat down or SIT to get him to approach ( I call him Rhuorcie poo).  He was wearing silver choker with fort campbell rabies tags and a micro chip tag from HOME AGAIN. 
 
The female, Takirra Nikkita, is a red fawn with cream chest and black face.? She is extremely friendly but SUBMISSIVE and crawls on her belly to approach people.  She will urinate on herself if she feels scared and has even gotten to scared at the vet that she released her anal glands. She has a broken tail (born that way or happened early on in life).  She has a HOME AGAIN micro chip as well. Her last weigh in was 89 lbs.  Silver collar but no tags on her (she ate her collar last week and have not gotten her a new one). Both area leash trained, house trained and crate trained.  Both are under the age of two. 
 
They have NEVER spent a night outside since they have been with me. Neither are fighters, unless they have to defend themselves. There preference would be to run away.  The female gets very car sick (stress) and will drool and vomit. Rhuorc rides shot gun with me, and LOVES to be in the vehicle, but if you leave him there alone he CHEWS on anything he can (his way of saying he is mad about it). 
 
PLEASE if anyone hears of someone with MY dogs, or seeing someone with these. CALL Cheatham County AC and or law enforcement immediately.  
 
You can contact me at: 615- 952- 5020 or my cell at: 615- 491- 8946. 
 
I will not be able to sleep right until I have my babies back...
Please HELP! "


Photos:  

Working up an Akita transport for a mom and 5 2-3 week old pups that'll be coming through your areas, hopely next weekend, SAT June 24th OR SUN June 25th, whichever day works best to get it filled. More details as I work up the transport.  Pulling from a shelter in Louisville, Ky and heading to Heart of Dixie Akita Rescue in Savannah, Ga.

http://www.akitarescuewny.com/palmdale%2057%202006/Palmdale%2057.htm

Scroll down and look at the photos of some of the dogs on the right, where it says when taken to Akita Buddies, THEN look at the photos on the left of the SAME dog as that dog appeared the day Akita Buddies was shut down.

This week only(or until I sell out, which ever comes first), all shipping on fabrics at Dante's Spirit will be donated to the Akita Rescue Society of America to help offset the costs of the sudden influx of Akitas and Akita mixes from the closing of the Palmdale, Ca Akita Buddies Rescue.